Beyond the finger-pointing, the real casualties of the failed surplus deal are Wisconsin kids

By: Ruth Conniff

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 29, 2026

Words: 1,194

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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“It really blew up our world,” public schools advocate Heather DuBois Bourenane says of the failed school funding and tax-cut deal that Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Tony Evers trumpeted as a “blockbuster” before it fizzled in the state Senate, ending in finger-pointing and recriminations.

“It was the first time the carrot had been dangled so close to public schools,” DuBois Bourenane says, describing the “moment of utter euphoria” when her group, the Wisconsin …

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